Good, because that’s hardly the whole story of Ukraine’s presence here at the Cannes Film Festival. The Eastern European nation, which has been plagued by Russian aggression ever since a popular uprising toppled its Moscow-friendly government earlier this year, is represented in the festival by a documentary titled Maïdan, after the square in Kiev where the protesters gathered. Three other, scrappier documentaries on the same topic—Babylon ’13: Cinema of a Civil Protest, Black Book of Maidan, and Kyiv: War on Institutksa Street—are also on offer at the Ukraine pavilion just outside festival headquarters.

According to Oleksandra Mykolyshyn, international project manager of Ukraine’s National Film Centre, the nation almost didn’t get its pavilion this year, owing to budget cuts implemented by the new government. But appeals to newly appointed Culture Minister Yevhen Nyschuk, an actor whose role in the protests prompted The New York Times to describe him as the “Ryan Seacrest of the Ukrainian civic uprising,” yielded some funding, and a partner organization came through with the rest. As a result, Ukraine has a place alongside more than 60 other nations who set up inside tents along the Croisette to provide hospitality to visiting filmmakers, journalists, and assorted curious souls.

Asked if there had been any interaction between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations, Mykolyshyn said the Russians attended an event at the Ukraine pavilion earlier in the week—and wrapped themselves in the Ukrainian flag as a sign of solidarity with their beleaguered neighbors. Mykolyshyn, who took part in the student protests and has been avoiding news coverage of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine's east so as to avoid becoming too depressed to do her job, says she can’t bring herself to return the favor and visit the Russians. It would feel too much like an endorsement of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s campaign of annexation.

Judging from its trailer, Maïdan bears some resemblance to The Square, last year’s Oscar-nominated Egyptian documentary about another popular uprising that toppled a widely despised government—and sparked a series of painful unintended consequences. Maïdan screens on Wednesday, May 21, as part of Cannes’ Special Selections series. Portions of Babylon ’13: Cinema of a Civil Protest,Black Book of Maïdan, and Kyiv: War on Institutksa Street will be screened at the Ukrainian pavilion at 4 p.m. on Monday, May 19.

As for Vitalii Sediuk, whose previous targets include Will Smith, Bradley Cooper, and Adele, his motivations appear to be purely apolitical. He’s already been banned from L.A.’s Staples Center and Nokia Theater, and one can only imagine what elaborate restrictions the French have in store for him now.